Legal Opinion
MadStad Engineering, Inc. v. United States Patent & Trademark Office
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 1, 2014No. 2013-1511, 2013-1512PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’MALLEY, Circuit Judge.
In this constitutional challenge, Mark Stadnyk and MadStad Engineering, Inc. (collectively, “MadStad”) filed suit against the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”), its then director, David Kappos, in his official capacity, and the United States of America (collectively, “the Government”) in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. MadStad Eng’g, Inc. v. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, No. 8:12-cv-1589, ECF No. 1 (July 18, 2012). MadStad sought a declaratory judgment that the “first-inventor-to-file” provision of the Leahy-Smith…
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